How to pronounce “close-hauled”

Meaning

• [Adjective]
• (nautical) with the sails trimmed as close to the wind as possible with all sails full and not shivering
• [Adverb]
• with the sails close-hauled

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

close call, closemouthed, clotilde, closely held, closed, clotheshorse, close-knit, close calls, clausal, clotheslined, keelhauled, clothilde, clausel